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Score Breakdown Based on 178 ratings
  1. 10 (12)
  2. 9 (27)
  3. 8 (65)
  4. 7 (38)
  5. 6 (13)
  6. 5 (8)
  7. 4 (4)
  8. 3 (4)
  9. 2 (5)
  10. 1 (2)

What Gamespot Users have to say about Space Harrier

  • Rating:6

    Solid Port of an Arcade Hit

    By rhetayk | Review Date: Dec 05, 2020 | SMS

    Space Harrier on the Sega Master System is a port of the arcade hit. It features unique (for the time) gameplay which was shooter-style, but where you move INTO the screen (rather than vertically or horizontally). As is... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:6

    Get ready

    By uninspiredcup | Review Date: Jan 08, 2017 | SMS

    When Space Harrier was originally made for Arcades Yu Suzuki (i.e. The Shenmue guy) was told not to bother, nobody was interested in that. 2D was the way. He agreed to scarifies his salary if it failed. As we know now,... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:5

    Stuck in the fantasy zone

    By LOSTLEAD8R | Review Date: Jan 30, 2014 | TG16

    Space Harrier is a bit of a fossil from the old Sega arcade games. The game is clearly designed to waste quarter after quarter with its fast pace gameplay added with the additionally hard to see and harder to avoid obsta... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Welcome to the Fantasy Zone.

    By garey017 | Review Date: Dec 31, 2008 | NES

    Space Harrier is a rail shooter type game that was initially an arcade game, and because of it's extreme popularity it was made for several home consoles and computers. It was actually made twice for the SMS, one of whi... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    One of the cooler arcade games of the time.

    By garey017 | Review Date: Dec 31, 2008 | ARC

    Space Harrier is a rail shooter type game that was initially an arcade game, and because of it's extreme popularity it was made for several home consoles and computers. It was actually made twice for the SMS, one of whi... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Harrier than what?

    By garey017 | Review Date: Dec 31, 2008 | C64

    Space Harrier is a rail shooter type game that was initially an arcade game, and because of it's extreme popularity it was made for several home consoles and computers. It was actually made twice for the SMS, one of whi... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8

    Harrier than who?

    By garey017 | Review Date: Dec 31, 2008 | SMS

    Space Harrier is a rail shooter type game that was initially an arcade game, and because of it's extreme popularity it was made for several home consoles and computers. It was actually made twice for the SMS, one of whi... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.8

    this is the sega saturn version of an all time arcade classic

    By softcoregamer_ | Review Date: Jun 13, 2007 | SAT

    there nothing really more to say about this ohter than... it rocks!!!!! the best gameplay around simple but addictive, the graphics are really good 2d with some sort of 3d motion and effects , the first boss is a good sh... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.6

    Great game, Probably one of the best for SMS

    By Deep_Frier | Review Date: Feb 09, 2007 | SMS

    I didn't play this for the first time with a master system. I played it at the arcade in Shenmue. The game was just brilliant. Any game done by Yu Suzuki, has to be this good (if not better). This game had extremely good... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:8.3

    A good game for sms, but Space harrier has seen better days...

    By falconclan | Review Date: May 23, 2006 | SMS

    I originaly discovered space harrier YEARS after it came out on the sega dreamcast. The game was in the arcade in a game called shenmue. I would often find myself, instead of looking for my dead father, playing video gam... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful